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🥇📈🚀GOLD spot continue to rise at the opening of the Asian session reaching a fresh new All Time High, over $2631/oz!

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🇦🇱 Albania wants to renounce sovereignty over part of its capital, Tirana, in favor of creating the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order akin to the Vatican in Italy

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

Speaking at the United Nations, Rama pointed out that Albania, a tiny Western Balkan country, saved Jewish refugees from the Nazis during World War II and sheltered Afghans after the Taliban came to power three years ago.

Albanians are also proud of giving to the world Mother Teresa who “embodied love for humanity,” he said.

“She told us that not all of us can do big things, but we can all do small things with big love,” he said. “That is our inspiration in supporting the transformation of the World Bektashi Order into a sovereign state in our capital, Tirana, as a new center of moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence.”

Albania's 2.4-million population is about 50% Muslim with the rest of the population Catholic and Orthodox Christians and other smaller communities. The country is known for its religious harmony and co-existence.

Bektashi muslims make up 10% of the Albanian Muslim population or 5% of the total population of Albania. Latest surveys regarding religiosity in Albania showed that Islam declined to under 50% of the population for the first time in 5 centuries with irreligiosity, Catholicism and Orthodoxy being the only religious communities on the rise in the country.

Bektashism an Islamic Sufi mystic order originating in the 13th-century Ottoman Empire. It is named after the Haji Bektash Veli.

Originally one of many Sufi orders within Sunni Islam, by the 16th century the order adopted some tenets of Twelver Shia Islam, including a veneration of ʿAlī, the son-in-law of Muhammad, and the Twelve Imams; as well as a variety of syncretic beliefs. The Bektashis acquired political importance in the 15th century, when the order dominated the Janissary Corps.

After the foundation of the Turkish Republic, Kemal Atatürk banned religious institutions that were not part of the Directorate of Religious Affairs and the community's headquarters relocated to Albania.

According to a 2005 estimate made by Reshat Bardhi, there are over seven million Bektashis worldwide, though more recent studies put the figure as high as 20 million. An additional 12.5 million Bektashis live in Turkey. Bektashis are mainly found throughout Anatolia, the Balkans and among Ottoman-era Greek Muslim communities.

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🇮🇱⚠️❗️ — Local netizens report powerful explosions in West Bank and Tel Aviv metropolitan Zone!

🇱🇧❌🇮🇱❗️ — Al-Mayadeen claims that Hezbollah is now attacking the center of the Israel!

🇵🇾🤝 💸 Apple Pay would be available in Paraguay starting this month! 👀

The contactless payment function with the iPhone would be available in the next few days.

Banco Itaú and Banco Continental customers would be the first to have the service.

https://x.com/criptoboi/status/1838111299043217821

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🇸🇻❤️💰 El Salvador keep buying 1 Bitcoin par day since the president Nayib Bukele announced the plan on mid March 2024.

Now the reserve with over 5881BTC is worth more than $371M.

https://x.com/nayibbukele/status/1768792062663459093

https://bitcoin.gob.sv/address/32ixEdVJWo3kmvJGMTZq5jAQVZZeuwnqzo

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🥇📈🇦🇷🤝🇬🇧 While gold keep pushing upward, Argentina Sends More Gold To London

In July, the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) shipped another 3 tonnes of gold to the U.K. to swap for foreign exchange. A month prior, BCRA also transported 3 tonnes to the U.K. BCRA is now estimated to have 37 tonnes (60% of Argentina’s gold reserves) on swap in the London Bullion Market.

https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/argentina-sends-more-gold-london

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🇮🇷🕊🇮🇱 — 📰 Bloomberg: Iran’s President Says He’s Prepared to Ease Tensions With Israel

➡️ Iran is prepared to de-escalate tensions with Israel as long as it sees the same level of commitment on the other side, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.

“We’re willing to put all our weapons aside so long as Israel is willing to do the same,” Pezeshkian told reporters Monday ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York. “We’re not seeking to destabilize the region.”

➡️ Pezeshkian is in the US for his first appearance at the UN’s annual gathering, where he’s scheduled to speak on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to address the same summit two days later, though his travel itinerary hasn’t been finalized.

➡️ The Iranian president commented as tensions between Iran and Israel reach new heights after Tehran blamed Israel for being behind a large-scale explosion of pagers and walkie talkies that saw several killed and thousands of people injured in Lebanon — including Iran’s ambassador to Beirut. Iran has threatened to retaliate.

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☦🤝🏴 Churches in Lebanon have opened their doors to displaced Muslims from the southern regions, extending the same compassion once shown to Christians during the Syrian civil war.

🇮🇳💸💰📈 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | India Reports Record Gold Imports In August | September 22, 2024:

"India reported record gold imports in August after the country slashed its import duty the month before. India ranks as the world's second-largest gold consumer behind China.

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India reported record gold imports in dollar terms, totaling $10 billion in August. It was over a three-fold increase over the previous month. The World Gold Council estimates the country imported 140 tons of gold, tripling July’s total.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to add gold to its reserves. Based on the latest figures, the Indian central bank has increased its gold holdings by 50 tons this year."

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🇱🇧🛂📸 — Photo from 6 hours ago over the highway connecting Sidon and Beirut as thousands of citizens from Southern Lebanon moves north as hell rains down over their villages and cities from Israel Defense Forces warplanes shows the traffic jam between the cities